The Mummy's Shroud [1967]

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Added: 2021-07-03

The Mummy's Shroud (1967)
Beware the beat of the cloth-wrapped feet!

Rating: 5.6

Movie Details:

Genre: Horror ()

Length: 1 h 31 min - 91 min

Video: 1280x768 (24.000 Fps - 1 150 Kbps)

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Actors:

Andrè Morell

John Phillips

David Buck

Elizabeth Sellars

Director:
John Gilling

Complete Cast:
Andrè Morell (Sir Basil Walden)
John Phillips (Stanley Preston)
David Buck (Paul Preston)
Elizabeth Sellars (Barbara Preston)
Maggie Kimberly (Claire de Sangre)
Michael Ripper (Longbarrow)
Tim Barrett (Harry Newton)
Richard Warner (Inspector Barrani)
Roger Delgado (Hasmid)
Catherine Lacey (Haiti)
Dickie Owen (Prem)
Bruno Barnabe (Pharaoh)

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In 1920 an archaeological expedition discovers the tomb of an ancient Egyptian child prince. Returning home with their discovery, the expedition members soon find themselves being killed off by a mummy, which can be revived by reading the words off the prince's burial shroud.
Plot Synopsis:
------------------- In 1920 an archaeological expedition discovers the tomb of an ancient Egyptian child prince. Returning home with their discovery, the expedition members soon find themselves being killed off by a mummy, which can be revived by reading the words off the prince's burial shroud.
Written byWritten by: Jeremy Lunt

Eddie Powell, who plays the mummy in this film, was a stuntman in future films often doubling Christopher Lee as Dracula.
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Peter Cushing is often listed as the uncredited Narrator, but "Hammer Films" had no record of whom the Narrator was. It was, in fact, Tim Turner according to another contributor. However, according to accredited Peter Cushing scholars Anthony Ambrogio and and Gary J. Svelhla, it was indeed Peter Cushing noted primarily in their Midnight Marquee Actors Series Peter Cushing Edition.
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After more than fifteen years, this became the last "Hammer" production to be shot at Bray Studios, copyright 1966, although they did return briefly to do special effects for "Moon Zero Two" and "When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth."
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Elizabeth Sellars only made two films for "Hammer." The first was "Cloudburst (1951)," their first film to be made at their then-new Bray Studios. The second was "The Mummy's Shroud (1967)" 15 years later, the last film to be made at Bray.
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The design for the mummy's mask was taken directly from a real one on display at London's British Museum.
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The film was released in a double bill with "Frankenstein Created Woman (1967)."
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Christopher Lee's regular stunt double, Eddie Powell, plays the mummy. Indeed, Powell had doubled for Lee in the stunt sequences of "The Mummy (1959)."
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The pre-credits flashback opening lasts 7 minutes.
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Director John Gilling's third and last film for "Hammer." Gilling was reputedly very unhappy with the finished product and in later interviews would often cite it as his worst film. He would shift his work to TV immediately after, working on such shows as "Department S (1969)," "The Champions (1968)" and "The Saint (1962)," before making one final feature "La cruz del diablo (1975)." Gilling then retired and moved to Australia where he spent most of his time painting up until his death in 1984.
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John Gilling and co-scenarist Anthony Hinds wrote the screenplay in just 5 days.
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David Buck was second choice for Paul Preston.
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During the press conference in front of the mummy, the arm of the mummy moves in time with the actor's breath.
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The desert scene in the prologue was clearly shot in a quarry of some sort. Amusingly enough, thousands of years later, the same quarry represented the same desert with no change in the piles of sand. An amazing coincidence since the area had just been struck by a massive sandstorm.
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As she walks through the hotel lobby, Claire is wearing red lipstick; when she is stopped by the fortuneteller at the door, she has on pink lipstick; when she reaches her destination, she appears to have no lipstick at all.
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Prior to John Phillips' head being smashed against the wall, the fake blood is there before his head hits the stone.
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In the climatic struggle, the police officer shoots the mummy in the back twice. In the next following shot, the bullet holes are gone, but back again in all subsequent shots.
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When Stanley Preston's press conference in front of the mummy ends, all the reporters disperse. The film then cuts to a close-up of the mummy, in which several of the reporters's head's are visible on the bottom of the screen.
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At the start, Prem has just laid his master's body to rest and walks outside into the desert. There is a low evening 'sun' and his shadow is cast on the faraway mountains and sky revealing them as a backdrop only 4 or 5 feet away.
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The mummy starts a fire in the photography studio; the curtains on the other side of the room start burning by themselves a moment later.
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As Paul Preston is being chased by the mummy during the film's climax, the zipper seam on the back of the mummy's costume is clearly visible.
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After the mummy is shot, the camera focuses tight on his back as he advances. The mummy gets far enough away to reveal the actor is not wearing his headpiece.
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